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I remember when the 1999 solar eclipse passed over Austria -- there was a huge hype over it. Newspapers came with cardboard glasses for looking at the eclipse.
by jakobegger 9y ago
I remember when the 1999 solar eclipse passed over Austria -- there was a huge hype over it. Newspapers came with cardboard glasses for looking at the eclipse.
I was a bit underwhelmed when it actually happened. The sun turned into a circle, and then it turned back into a disk. But I remember that I was surprised that crickets started chirping (which is obvious in retrospect -- they though it was dusk)
- gmiller123456 9y agoStupid question: did you remove your glasses during totality? The Sun's corona should have shone very brightly (relatively). If you didn't take off your eclipse glasses, or were just outside the edge of totality I can see how someone would make the claim you are. But the corona isn't a circle.
- jakobegger 9y agoI think I did remove the glasses, but I'm not sure. But I checked, and you are right, it looks like I was just outside the edge of totality according to this website [1]. It doesn't look like I'll have a second chance to see one nearby :( [1](https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/@2762558?iso=19990811 https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/@2762558?iso=19990811)